Whether it's a stolen Social Security number or credit card, being a victim of identity theft is a headache — especially if you don't discover it for weeks or months. That's where identity theft ...

Locking your SSN is one of the best ways to protect yourself from identity theft, and you can do it for free. Geoff Williams Contributor Geoff Williams is a journalist and author. His byline has ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

Online privacy has become something most of us think about regularly—especially as we work, stream, and browse across multiple devices every day. A VPN helps protect that digital footprint, but ...

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed what her administration called the nation’s first AI bills designed to both protect consumers and increase transparency in the film industry. The New York ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a pair of AI protection bills Thursday, requiring advertisers to identify AI-generated synthetic performers and consent from heirs or executors for use of an ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Amy Soricelli has over 40 years working with job candidates and has honed the art of the job ...